Chapter 93: Rise of the underdog
Currently, in another viewing booth where the seeded students were, the second year and third year students were split by some sort of barricade. There, Jack, Sophia and Peter were watching Jake's match intently.
"Do you think Jake will be alright?" Sophia asked.
"Are you kidding me right now?" Peter shouted. "Are we watching the same thing right now? You can see how Jake is hitting them with one hit therefore eliminating him and you are doubting him?"
"But how's he doing that?" Jack asked. "How is he able to defeat his opponents with just one hit and I don't think he even used Qi at all. That is just purely his strength. So how is this possible?"
"Well, I knew Jake was strong ever since that day in the forest. The way he went toe to toe with Kilberg, a C rank adventurer. That was when I knew he was strong but how he became this strong, I don't know." Peter said.
"Exactly my point. We all knew Jake was the weakest among us in our first year. He was ranked 200 and also received the power level 1 so how on earth is he this strong?" Sophia asked.
"Well whatever it is, I am glad he's my friend and on our side. Because I would hate to make him an enemy or fight with him currently." Jack said.
At the same time that Jack and the rest were talking, the seeded third years were also having their own discussion. Enjoy exclusive content from empire
"Harry, so do you think your brother can defeat this dude?" The rank 2 of the third years named Emily onyx asked.
"I'm not sure." Harry shrugged.
"Why, what do you mean?" Emily asked.
"Because, when Sebastian was ranked 20, that guy was ranked 180 and he managed to defeat Sebastian quite easily although he didn't come out unscathed." Harry said.
"So I can't say the same thing now. He is currently ranked number 4 while Sebastian is the rank 7 of the second years so I don't really know. And there was even a time when I wanted to get revenge on him and we fought. He was really skillful then, skillful enough to land a hit on me."
Hearing this, the rank 1 of the third years and possibly the strongest in the academy turned around. "You mean that guy managed to land a hit on you." Alexander Slade or otherwise known as Alex Slade a huge, bulky guy that had a giant sword strapped to his back and also red fiery hair.
"Yes, he was very skillful then and he was just a first-year at that time. I don't know how much he has grown since then."
"Well, he has apparently grown strong enough to defeat your brother's friends with a single hit." Alex said with his heart thumping louder by the second and his eyes showing a sense of excitement.
Alex always loved to fight strong opponents. People he thought were strong so he could improve himself more. And now hearing and seeing that Jake was a strong person, Alex just wanted to jump down to the arena and fight with Jake but he just sat down patiently and prayed to match up with Jake in the tournament.
Back at the arena, Jake was currently surrounded by Sebastian and two of his friends. And then, Sebastian dashed towards Jake with full speed throwing a kick towards his face but Jake leaned backwards avoiding it then he slid down while slashing at Sebastian's legs which removed 10HP from Sebastian's watch.
Then one of Sebastian's friends was now upon Jake with a large wooden hammer weapon about to smash on Jake but Jake quickly rolled over and kicked him hard in the hand making him drop the hammer then Jake quickly stood up and smashed his face with an elbow hard that flung his head backwards and then he fell but he didn't teleport for his watch still had 20HP left.
Then another one with a spear came at Jake with a thrust but Jake used his sword to block it. Unknown to him that his opponent was using Qi making him drop his sword because of the strength of the thrust. Seeing as he was defenceless, Sebastian decided to strike from above but as if sensing it, Jake bent down forward therefore avoiding the strike.
And then Jake quickly used the Triple Threat technique to get behind Sebastian then he kicked him hard causing him to crash on the floor. Before he could move again, a thrust was heading towards his face again.
Annoyed by this spear user, Jake grabbed the spear which caused a slight cut on his palm and removed 10 HP again leaving Jake with just 60HP in his bracelet. Then with his Qi coursing to his hands and strengthening his hands, Jake snapped the spear in half.
Seeing this, the spear user stepped back in fear of Jake. "You… you are a monster!"
Jake just smiled and stepped forward to get closer to him. "I'm a monster? If I'm a monster, what should you guys be called? You decided to attack someone five on one and you call me a monster?"
The whole crowd including the Head Generals could hear what Jake and all the others were saying because microphones were placed on every corner of the arena including the contestants bracelets so the spectators could hear everything being said.
"What did I do wrong?" Jake asked, continuing his words. "Just because I challenged Sebastian to a duel and I won, you guys decided to gang up on me today. What about when he challenged my best friend, Vynn to a duel and won while leaving Vynn in a terrible condition? None of you saw that."
"Ask Sebastian what he gained by challenging someone who was ranked 200 and he was ranked 20 to a duel. You know, my family were murdered by werewolves and coming to this academy, I trained day and night so I can have the strength to protect myself and avenge my parents. But I managed to make new families and Sebastian decided to harm one of them."
"No, I won't let that happen. So if I'm a monster for trying to protect my new found family, then so be it." Jake dashed forward with all his speed that he was in front of the spear user in less than a second and then he punched him hard that his bracelet which was displaying 100HP, was now displaying 0 and he was even unconscious.
The crowd hearing everything Jake said, were sympathizing with him. Many of them there, the werewolves took some of their family so they knew the pain of losing someone close to them. And now, they could see Jake walking slowly towards Sebastian.